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This is a follow up to a previous about a month ago entitled:
Help Matching Parquet

http://www.brownstoner.com/forum/archives/2009/09/help_locating_p.php#comments

Well, I did some research and was able to find a close match.

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It is a close match but not perfect. The main difference is that on the new flooring the white oak wood parquet strips are 2-1/4” wide, vs. the 1-1/2” wide strips on the old flooring. So, instead of 6 wood strips side by side to make up one parquet ‘module’, (one module is 18” x 9” wide) 4 strips of the new wood is used to make the 18” x9” module. We could have had the 1.5” strips milled to our specifications (it is not a standard size stoked these days) but it would have taken a week or two and we had not time. The 2-14” was in stock. Remember, I am a long term renter and my LL was doing this to please me, but I had to the research finding a source for the wood and within a certain budget. The parquet wood flooring itself was not much more than the standard select white oak strips.

The new wood is white oak select (of course it is not the same as the 80 year old grain of the white oak in the rest of the apartment that was laid in the 1920s). The boarder is 1” walnut inlay. I am pleased because the floor design and flow in the apartment is maintained and it looks much better than the regular strip wood that would have been used. The herringbone parquet could have been installed diagonally within the walnut boarder and that looks pretty cool too (I know because the installer screwed up and accidentally laid a third of the room this way), but I wanted to maintain the design with the rest of the apartment.

The floors were installed and finished by Lyon Floor Corp., call Edder @ 732-272-4438.

Thanks for all the ideas and input.

I want to give special kudos to:

BESTWOOD FLOORING INC.
93 Montague Street, #283_Brooklyn, NY 11201 _Telephone: 1.347.327.1106 _Fax: 718.504.5457

http://www.bestwooddesigns.com/index.html

Although he knew from the outset I would not be contracting him, the owner generously spent his time to explain what was involved in spec’ing, buying, and installing the floor,and what suppliers would have it and who to talk to. He gave me options in case the product was not available. BY FAR the most knowledgeable and helpful individual out of the many I contacted. If you need parquet or wood flooring installed, hit him up!